CULTURAL CELEBRATION OF THE FESTIVAL OF DIWALI at the Lake City Branch of the Seattle Public Library - Saturday, October 18th 2014 from 11am-12pm

Head to the Lake City Branch and celebrate Diwali - The Festival of Lights!

" Join our Hindu and Sikh neighbors in this cultural celebration as we learn about the festival of Diwali through stories, treats, crafts and more. "

For more info. go here.

MOON CAKE DAY (MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL CELEBRATION) at the Lake City Branch of the Seattle Public Library - Today, Saturday, September 6th 2014 from 11am-12pm

" Join us for a child-friendly cultural experience of the Moon Festival, a mid-autumn festival celebration held in China and Vietnam...Enjoy short stories, moon cakes, a craft and more. Traditional dress is encouraged. "

For more info. go here.

"SATURDAY STORIES" AT THE ELISABETH C. MILLER LIBRARY IN SEATTLE FEATURING "SPRINGTIME! STORY PROGRAM" - SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH 2014 FROM 10:30-11:15AM

Go and enjoy "Saturday Stories" - a monthly, themed storytime and art/craft or play event!

" Take a deep breath. It's springtime! These three stories of springtime adventures in the garden and the henhouse are sure to bring a smile. After the stories, you're welcome to make a cherry blossom picture in the program room. "

                                                                      

 Featured Stories:

OUT OF THE EGG by Tina Matthews
GEMMA AND THE BABY CHICK by Antonia Barber
AND THEN IT'S SPRING by Julie Fogliano

Recommended for children ages 3 to 8 and their families.

For more info. go here.

Watoto performance "Beautiful Africa" at Eastridge Church in Issaquah - Sunday, March 30th 2014 at 6:30pm

Go and see these inspiring children perform as they represent the children of their beloved Africa! 

" The Watoto children visit us this fall with a beautiful stage production of vibrant, original African music, dance routines and life-transforming stories. The tour is indicative of the new generation of leaders emerging out of Watoto. With its genuine appeal, accompanied by music and dance - an energetic fusion of contemporary gospel and traditional African rhythm - the globally acclaimed Watoto Children’s Choir has traveled internationally since 1994 as ambassadors for the millions of children in Africa, orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS, war and poverty. "

For more info. go here and here.

Science and Stories: Dinosaur Edition with real fossils and crafts too at the Lake City Branch of the Seattle Public Library - Thursday, March 27th 2014 from 6:30-7:10pm

Got a dinosaur lover? Then make sure to check out this fun and educational event!

" Children from birth to age 10 and their grownups are invited to enjoy books about dinosaurs. See and touch fossils from the Burke Museum and make a dinosaur craft! "

For more info. go here.

Fun Freebie Alert! - Glow-in-the-Dark Bedtime Math Party with G-i-t-D craft, stories and more at Barnes and Noble in Bellevue - Tonight, Friday, March 14th 2014 at 7pm

Cool glowstick event!

" Calling all kids, ages 3 to 7, for your first Glow-in-the-Dark Bedtime Math Party! We'll share great bedtime math riddles and stories, and you will build your very own glow-in-the-dark geometric creation. Join the fun with numbers and glowsticks. "

For more info. go here.

"SATURDAY STORIES" AT THE ELISABETH C. MILLER LIBRARY IN SEATTLE FEATURING "LOVE YOUR VEGGIES STORY PROGRAM" - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH 2014 FROM 10:30-11:15AM

Go and enjoy "Saturday Stories" - a monthly, themed storytime and art/craft or play event!

  

" Growing your own vegetables is fun. These stories prove that you can learn a lot about science while you learn to garden, and have a great time in the process. After the stories, color a vegetable picture in the program room. "

                                                                      

 Featured Stories:

FIRST PEAS TO THE TABLE by Susan Grigsby
MOUSE & MOLE AND THE YEAR-ROUND GARDEN by Doug Cushman
SYLVIA'S SPINACH by Katherine Pryor

Recommended for children ages 3 to 8 and their families.

For more info. go here.

Annual "Festival of Trees" at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle - Viewing starts tomorrow, Saturday, November 23rd at Noon and runs until December 4th 2013 - "Festival of Trees" Special Celebration happens on Sunday, November 24th 2013 from 2-5pm!

Festival of Trees Viewing - November 23 - December 4, 2013

" Twenty-one designer trees will be on display in the lobby and grand motor entrance of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel starting at noon on November 23 and continuing through December 4, 2013.  

Come view the trees at any time during the display, and read the inspiring stories of Seattle Children's patients. Pick up an informational card from the Concierge Desk to find out how you can support Festival of Trees and Seattle Children's Hospital.

Festival of Trees Celebration - November 24, 2013, 2:00 - 5:00pm

 
You are invited to our free family-oriented Festival of Trees Celebration on November 24th from 2:00 - 5:00 pm. Our guests, featured patients, friends and family will enjoy entertainment provided by the St. Jude Parish Sanctuary Choir. Children can listen to Christmas stories.  

One of our our featured patients will help start the Celebration by lighting the Fairmont Olympic's grand lobby tree, and then opening the Teddy Bear Suite for the season. 

Numerous holiday items will be available for purchase, including wreaths, small trees, table decorations, and ornaments. Many of these items were designed and crafted by our guild members especially for you. Children will enjoy posing with Santa for a photo.  Thank you to Yuen Lui Photography.

Proceeds from the Festival of Trees Celebration will benefit the Seattle Children's Autism Center and uncompensated care at Seattle Children's Hospital. Your support enables the hospital's to continue it's research toward new treatments and cures for diseases and allows Seattle Children's to provide the highest quality, family-oriented care. "

For more info. go here.

"Family Day: Kids Can" event with performances, arts and crafts, games and more at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center in Seattle - Now until 3pm, Saturday, September 28th 2013

Check out this great event happening until 3pm today!

" Are you and your family interested in making a difference, but not sure where to start? The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center invites families to Family Day: Kids Can on Saturday, September 28th 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.to experience the countless ways kids can get involved in giving back.

At this free event, kids can participate in a series of arts and crafts, games and activities that use brainpower to make a difference in real time – benefitting local causes across the Puget Sound.

Visitors will also hear inspiring stories from young leaders in community service, get connected with local organizations and enjoy performances that use creative expression to make positive change. 

Lineup includes:

• A performance by Massive Monkees, an internationally known breakdancing group committed to fostering creative expression and positive change
• Rena Mateja Walker Burr, 9 year-old founder of the Kids Helping Kids campaign serving homeless youth
• Madi Williamson, 18 year-old founder of Give for the Game and Nehemiah FC, helping local and international teens through soccer
• Callie Lentz, 9 year-old founder of Callie’s Coffee, benefitting the Ben Towne foundation
• Hope by Twelve, a non-profit empowering girls to change the world
• Volunteer & Engagement fair including local organizations Bike Works, Food Lifeline, PAWS, Ronald McDonald House, Shelter Box, and Word Concern.
• World Vision will be on site helping you to fill a backpack with school supplies and personal care items, as well as a note from you so you can help a kid in another country go to school.
• Inocente, a young artist whose experience with homelessness was featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary INOCENTE.

Join us for a memorable day of fun and feel-good activities that will leave your family inspired to give back. "

For more info. go here.

 

Jack Straw Cultural Center Open House in Seattle - Saturday, September 21st 2013 from 2-6pm

" Help us celebrate with a day of art and music! "

Featuring:

• Performances from Alchymeia, Tom Varner & Friends, ChoroLoco, and Paul Anastasio & Elena DeLisle
• Record your stories in our Studio 2 Story Booth!
• Visit our New Media Gallery and Story Chairs!

   
 

" Jack Straw Productions has completed a major accessibility and visibility renovation project, and we're thrilled to open up the studios and public spaces of the newly named Jack Straw Cultural Center to the city in celebration of this milestone. Join us! Come by any time between 2 and 6 on Saturday, September 21 to see our new entry and exterior, visit our New Media Gallery, sit in Tina Hoggatt's Story Chairs, hear stories and poems from our Jack Straw Writers and students, and catch a performance from one of our resident artists. Throughout the day we will present folk fiddler Paul Anastasio with guitarist Elena DeLisle, Brazilian choro ensemble ChoroLoco, composer/French horn player Tom Varner's original jazz compositions, and the foot-stomping Eastern European folk sounds of Alchymeia! You can also visit our Studio 2 Story Booth throughout the day and record a story. Share your memories of Jack Straw, the University District, or anything else. Your story will be saved in our archives and we'll email a copy to you! "

For more info. go here.

1st "Arty Party:Family Fun" event at the Henry Art Gallery with Caspar Babypants performances and more! - Sunday, May 5th 2013 from 11:30am-3:30pm with doors opening at 11am - "Less than a Latte" each for a family of 4 since kids are free and adults are $10!

LOOK * LISTEN * EXPLORE * LAUGH:

" Tour the galleries, make art with local artists, listen to stories, sing and dance, and prepare your own healthy snacks!

Popular Seattle children’s musician Caspar Babypants will be performing at 11:30 and 12:30. Jordan O'Jordan will perform in the afternoon.

Go on an ARTventure through the galleries with your “Field Guide to the Henry” activity booklet. Professional storytellers from the Seattle Storytellers Guild will tell stories inspired by the exhibitions and you can participate in hands-on art-making with local artists and Henry staff.

Arty Party festivities begin at 11:30, but doors open at 11 am! All activities are designed for family participation. Children must be accompanied by an adult over 18. "

For more info. go here and here.

Earth Day Celebration at Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle - Saturday, April 20th 2013 from 10am-3pm

A great event to enjoy with the kids!

" Join us at the Olympic Sculpture Park to celebrate Earth Day, Arbor Day, and spring in Seattle with a day of hands-on environmental activities; tours about the site history and ecology of the park; art-making inspired by the natural world; performances by great local musicians; and delicious natural, organic eats. Bring your family, friends, colleagues, and students—there will be something for everyone! "
 
The day's activities will include:

• Drop-in activities and demonstrations from the Beacon Food Forest, CoolMom, Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Pacific Biodiversity Institute, Rare Care, The Trust for Public Land, Washington Park Arboretum, and Washington Trails Association
• A self-guided scavenger hunt
• Bodhi tree and nature journal art activities led by teaching artists
• A listening station featuring excerpts from Abby Aresty’s 2012 Paths II: The Music of Trees and a drop-in discussion with Abby about her work from 11 am–noon
• Rousing performances by Chaotic Noise Marching Corps at noon and 1:30 pm
• Site, Sculpture, Shoreline: Discover the Olympic Sculpture Park tours at noon and 1 pm
• A flora-focused tour by Olympic Sculpture Park gardener Bobby McCullough at 2 pm
• Northwest Coast stories from renowned Tulalip storyteller Johnny Moses at 2:30 pm
• Scrumptious and environmentally responsible food (including vegetarian options) from BUNS gourmet natural burgers from 11 am-3 pm

For more info. go here.

Sponge presents "Music from Around the World"- a free event with music, treats and more! Two locations - One on Saturday, April 13th and one on Sunday, April 14th 2013 from 10am-12pm - RSVP

Sponge is celebrating Spring with an international music performance "Music from Around the World" with unique instruments and songs in different languages! There will be crafts and treats too!

" On Saturday, we’ll enjoy Miho and Diego as they perform from their award winning series “Music from Around the World”. We’ll travel from Japan to South America, sing songs in both Japanese and Spanish and learn about musical instruments rarely seen in the US. There will be tasty treats and crafts too! And the fun continues on Sunday in Bellevue. Shiho Kurauchi from Seattle’s Silk Strings will introduce us to the koto – a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument with 13 strings and moveable bridges. Sponge staff will share Japanese stories and we’ll make cherry blossom crafts to celebrate Spring! "

Locations/Dates/Times:

Mt. Baker Center on Saturday April 13th, 10 am – noon

Bellevue Center on Sunday April 14th,  10 am – noon

Please RSVP to events@spongeschool.com or (206) 227-7138 as space is limited.

For more info. go here.

Museum of Fright at the Museum of Flight in Seattle - Sunday, October 28th 2012 from 11am-3pm - "Less than a Latte" each for a family of four, etc. with kids in costume!

" Fly your broomstick to The Museum of Flight and help us celebrate Halloween's scariest flyers! Make a ghostly creature that is sure to give your parents a fright when you send it floating through the air. Join in on the flightfully spooky fun - that is, if you're not too scared! "

 Special event pricing:

Free admission for kids 17 and under in costume (with adult supervision)
$5 admission for kids 17 and under without a costume
$10 for all adults

Discount prices valid all day. Cannot be combined with other offers or coupons. Admission available in-person.

Museum of Fright activities include:

 

• Lobby
 Face painting
 Photo booth
 The spooky sounds of the Theremin

• Theater
 "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" movie

• Personal Courage Wing
 Bats Northwest
 Bats on a stick
 Bat airplanes

• Murdock Theater
 Living history/ghost stories

• Aviation Learning Center
 Spooky simulator flights/haunted house area

• Great Gallery Well
 Obstacle course
 Pumpkin/monster bowling

• Side Gallery
 Pumpkin patch
 Ghost parachutes
 Rocket brooms/pumpkin target
 Candy corn airplanes
 Candy corn guessing jar (prize is a Museum of Flight membership)

• Earth/space Exhibit
 Spy activity/decoders

For more info. go here.

Special Storytime with "Curious George" at Northgate Mall - Friday, October 5th 2012 at 10:30am

 

Attend a special storytime with "Curious George" at Northgate Mall tomorrow! There will be stories, a special treat and photos with the "real" Curious George! Plus, The first 75 Kidgits Members receive a free Curious George book!!

If you're not a Kidgits member yet, you can stop by Guest Services or register at the event. It's just $5 per year!

Event will be held near the Play Area at Northgate Mall.


For more info. go here.

"Saturday Stories" at the Elisabeth C. Miller Library in Seattle featuring "APPLE FOR THE TEACHER STORY PROGRAM" Saturday, September 29th 2012 from 10:30-11:15am

Go and enjoy "Saturday Stories" - a monthly, themed storytime and art/craft or play event!

 

" For many of us, school is back in session. A crisp fall morning is the perfect time to enjoy a little homemade applesauce and hear some new stories about fall's crunchiest fruit. "


 Featured Stories:

 

APPLE by Nikki McClure
THE APPLE DOLL by Elisa Kleven
APPLE PIE ABC by Alison Murray

 

 

Recommended for children ages 3 to 8 and their families.

 

For more info. go here.

Center for Wooden Boats' Tugboat Storytime at Lake Union Park in Seattle - Thursday, September 27th 2012 at 11am

Take the kids to this unique "venue" and hear a story aboard a 100yr old tugboat named the Arthur Foss! Stories are typically a kids/nautical theme and recommended for ages 2-5. But, it is fun for adults too and you can explore the boat after storytime!


For more info. go here.

Special Storytime and Craft for International Talk like a Pirate Day at Mockingbird Books in Seattle - Wednesday, September 19th 2012 at 11am

Another Pirate-themed event for the 10th Annual "Talk like a Pirate Day" on September 19th! This time at Mockingbird Books in Seattle. They will have pirate stories, crafts, songs and a "new vocabulary for your little ones"!


For more info. go here.

WFamily Fun Day Event at Southcenter Mall (for the little ones-ages 2-5) - Thursday, August 16th 2012 at 10am

Back to School themed kids event happening at Southcenter Mall!

" We’ll get ready to go back to school with two stories, one about a girl with a unique name, and another about a girl with a very special best friend. Afterwards, kids will personalize their very own pencil case, receive a brand new #2 pencil, and enjoy a delicious treat. "

  Story Time:  

Chrysanthemum 

Jessica

Make & Take Craft:
Personalize a pencil case and receive a Westfield #2 pencil

Snack: 

Oatmeal Cookies

For more info. go here.

"Little Critters" at the High Point Branch of the Seattle Public Library - Thursday, July 12th 2012 at 11:30am

Go and learn about a little critter with stories and more!

" Bring your littlest animal lovers to this fun program by the education staff from the Woodland Park Zoo. Learn about a delightful animal through puppet stories, then get to meet (and even touch) that animal in real life! "

Recommended for kids ages 5 and under.

For more info. go here.